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Food workshops and farmers market Oct. 18 in Stevenson

Gorge Grown Food Network, Gorge Winds Community Grocery, and WSU Skamania County Extension will be hosting the 2014 Food Forum in Stevenson, Washington on Oct. 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Skamania County has once again donated the use of the Hegewald Rock Creek Center for this event.

This year’s Food Forum will feature a cornucopia of workshops on water bath canning, fermentation basics, vegan cheese substitutes, high elevation farming, foraging for wild roots, livestock raising and animal products, organic farming for small spaces, and much more.

There will be a farmers’ market and harvest celebration held from 11:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., where attendees can stock up on the abundant fall...